Exhaust back box grounding

[ireland]

The back box of my exhaust keeps grounding, so much that the bottom of one of them is wearing through.

I have the stainless sports exhaust on mine.

Does the standard back box sit higher up off the road than the aftermarket one?

If it does I may change to this as, since I de-catted mine, it is very very very loud.

It's great for tunnel runs ..... and for attracting the attention of the Gardai too.

I don't mind going quieter if it means no more grounding.

[jensena]

The Standard back box does sit higher, and de-cats and standard back box have a great sound, not too noisy when driving normally, and an 'angry' BARK when you rev it - lovely

[southendpier]

I have decatted sport pipes fitted by a previous owner, and they ground out often, particularly with chubby me and a chubby mate in the car. They sit SO low that I wonder if they were either fitted poorly (not naming names) or they are constructed badly and just do not sit flush with the body cut outs at all.

When I saw the pictures of the Bosscerbera et al pipes on here the other day I was very impressed at the snug fit, they looked really good, and seemed to tick most of the boxes for practicality, track days, noise etc. So I think I'd look into that.

[ireland]

I like to sound off my car, but the "small-car big-exhaust" boy-racer down the road from me has a quieter exhaust than I have.

I know it pisses the neighbours off, but since I live in the countryside and am surrounded by farms, they don't complain about my car and I don't complain about their tractors working all night during silage season.

[ireland]

southendpier said:

I have decatted sport pipes .....They sit SO low that I wonder if they were either fitted poorly or they are constructed badly and just do not sit flush with the body cut outs at all.

That sounds just like the situation with my car.

I thought a stainless exhaust would be the ideal one, and it was on the car when I got it, but the fit is poor.

southendpier said:

When I saw the pictures of the Bosscerbera et al pipes on here the other day I was very impressed at the snug fit, they looked really good, and seemed to tick most of the boxes for practicality, track days, noise etc. So I think I'd look into that.

The pipes on the Boss are the business alright.

They look very like the ones Tuscan, don't they?

[optimax sniffer]

Mine were scraping, so I have raised the rear suspension by 1/4 inch and changed the rear exhaust rubbers for new, seems to have done the trick

[Ireland]

optimax sniffer said:

Mine were scraping, so I have raised the rear suspension by 1/4 inch and changed the rear exhaust rubbers for new, seems to have done the trick

Have you the standard back box on yours?

[optimax sniffer]

Nope, got the sports exhaust.

[blueflash]

Mine used to ground quite badley when i first got mine (decat n sports), especially when we went caming in the lakes - almost turned round and went home.
After putting the car in the air ( 4 x 8" breeze blocks ,1 under each wheel!!) , removed silences (yes thats what their called ossifer!) ,fitted Powerflex exhaust rubbers ,adjusted the hangers , oh i also expertly took a hammer to the rear top edge of the rear boxes - where they get really close to the car. No problem since - even after been airborn on our recent camping trip in the lakes.